The Rationale Divinorum Officiorum of William Durand of Mende: A New Translation of the Prologue and Book One

Timothy M. Thibodeau

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Paper, 168 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-14181-9
$18.50 / £13.00

November, 2007
Cloth, 168 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-14180-2
$40.00 / £27.50

Preface

Abbreviations

Introduction

Prologue

Book 1. On the church building and ecclesiastical property and furnishings; On consecrations and the sacraments

1. On the church building and its parts

2. On the altar

3. On the pictures, curtains, and ornaments of the church

4. On the bells

5. On the cemetery and other sacred and religious places

6. On the dedication of a church

7. On the dedication of the altar

8. On consecrations and unctions

9. On the ecclesiastical sacraments

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Related Subjects

• Architecture
• Christianity
• Medieval Religion

Series

• Records of Western Civilization Series

About the Author

Timothy M. Thibodeau is professor of history at Nazareth College of Rochester, New York. He earned a B.A. in history from the University of Maine, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in medieval history from the University of Notre Dame.

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